# I can not load rubygems onto ruby using linux

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**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [October 29, 2009, 10:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-can-not-load-rubygems-onto-ruby-using-linux/178153 "2009-10-29T22:46:57Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 10:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-can-not-load-rubygems-onto-ruby-using-linux/178153/1 "2009-10-29T22:46:57Z")

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Hi,

I want to try out rails but I can not load rubygems.

I have tried two different linux versions. I am now working on my Aspire  
One netbock using Linpus which is based on Fedora 7 i think.

Anyhow I have managed to install ruby okay. rubygems fails to load I get  
the error message below. I think its something to do with the librarys.

Any help anyone? it must be something be very simple.

[user@localhost rubygems]$ ruby setup.rb  
./rubygems.rb:8:in `require': no such file to load -- rubygems/defaults (LoadError) from ./rubygems.rb:8 from setup.rb:24:in`require’  
from setup.rb:24

Thanks in advance.

MC

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**Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 11:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-can-not-load-rubygems-onto-ruby-using-linux/178153/2 "2009-10-29T23:20:13Z")

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On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 06:49:08AM +0900, Melvin Clarkson wrote:

> Any help anyone? it must be something be very simple.  
> What version of rubygems are you trying to install?

> [user@localhost rubygems]$ ruby setup.rb  
> ./rubygems.rb:8:in `require': no such file to load -- rubygems/defaults (LoadError) from ./rubygems.rb:8 from setup.rb:24:in`require’  
> from setup.rb:24

How did you unpack this tarball? Can you do a “pwd” and an “ls -al” in  
the directory where you’re running setup.rb?

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**Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 12:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-can-not-load-rubygems-onto-ruby-using-linux/178153/3 "2009-10-30T00:05:17Z")

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> From: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [mailto:mpclarkson@aspire-  
> Hi,
> 
> I have tried two different linux versions. I am now working on my  
> Aspire  
> One netbock using Linpus which is based on Fedora 7 i think.

My experience is entirely with Ubuntu so if I’m wrong I apologize

> ```
> from setup.rb:24:in `require'
> from setup.rb:24
> 
> ```
> 
> Thanks in advance.

Two things:

1. What version of ruby are you using? If you are using 1.9+ it is no  
longer  
necessary to require rubygems before requiring a gem. You can check  
your  
version with ruby --version
2. Are you installing from source or through the package manager? If  
Fedora is like Ubuntu, you actually install ruby and rubygems  
separately.  
(My guess would be: yum install rubygems).  
If you are installing 1.8.7 from source you will need to install  
rubygems  
separately as well. See [http://rubyforge.org/projects/rubygems/](http://rubyforge.org/projects/rubygems/).

Hope this helps!

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**Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-can-not-load-rubygems-onto-ruby-using-linux/178153/4 "2009-10-30T20:11:18Z")

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On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 08:09:02AM +0900, Melvin Clarkson wrote:

> > > ```
> > > from setup.rb:24
> > > 
> > > ```
> > 
> > How did you unpack this tarball? Can you do a “pwd” and an “ls -al” in  
> > the directory where you’re running setup.rb?
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have lists the output below, thanks
> 
> I downloaded rubygems-1.3.5.tgz

Looks like you unzipped rubygems incorrectly. After you unzip rubygems,  
it should look something like this:

[Skitch | Evernote](http://skitch.com/aaron.patterson/nfc3p/terminal-bash-80x24)

Try unzipping rubygems like this:

$ tar zxvf rubygems-1.3.5.tgz

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**Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 12:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-can-not-load-rubygems-onto-ruby-using-linux/178153/5 "2009-10-30T00:06:32Z")

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Aaron P. wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 06:49:08AM +0900, Melvin Clarkson wrote:
> 
> > Any help anyone? it must be something be very simple.  
> > What version of rubygems are you trying to install?
> 
> > [user@localhost rubygems]$ ruby setup.rb  
> > ./rubygems.rb:8:in `require': no such file to load -- rubygems/defaults (LoadError) from ./rubygems.rb:8 from setup.rb:24:in`require’  
> > from setup.rb:24
> 
> How did you unpack this tarball? Can you do a “pwd” and an “ls -al” in  
> the directory where you’re running setup.rb?

Hi,

I have lists the output below, thanks

I downloaded rubygems-1.3.5.tgz

[user@localhost rubygems]$ pwd  
/home/user/Downloads/rubygems  
[user@localhost rubygems]$ ls -al  
total 1504  
drwxr-xr-- 2 user user 8192 2009-10-29 21:16 .  
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**Post date:** [November 2, 2009, 11:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-can-not-load-rubygems-onto-ruby-using-linux/178153/6 "2009-11-02T23:24:25Z")

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Aaron P. wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 08:09:02AM +0900, Melvin Clarkson wrote:
> 
> > > > ```
> > > > from setup.rb:24
> > > > 
> > > > ```
> > > 
> > > How did you unpack this tarball? Can you do a “pwd” and an “ls -al” in  
> > > the directory where you’re running setup.rb?
> > 
> > Hi,  
> > i  
> > I have lists the output below, thanks
> > 
> > I downloaded rubygems-1.3.5.tgz
> 
> Looks like you unzipped rubygems incorrectly. After you unzip rubygems,  
> it should look something like this:
> 
> [Skitch | Evernote](http://skitch.com/aaron.patterson/nfc3p/terminal-bash-80x24)
> 
> Try unzipping rubygems like this:
> 
> $ tar zxvf rubygems-1.3.5.tgz

Hi Aaron,

A real big thankyou. The instructions on the ruby website must be wrong  
because I followed them on two different machines.

I now have gems installed, so I can start to have a play with rails.

MPC.

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Try including the gem version at the end- ‘gem1.3’

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